Car-coupling



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

E. S. BACON & A. E. SELLERS.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 427,212. Patented May 6, 1890.

(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2.

E. S. BACON & A. P. SELLERS. OAR COUPLING.

No. 427,212. Patented May 6, 1890.

K @R R B J N 157i \A/IH ES. INVEUUPS MAM I UNITE STATES EBENEZER S.BACON AND ALBERT F. SELLERS, OE DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,212, dated May 6,1890.

Application filed February 26, 1890- Serial No. 341,890- (No model.)

ment in Oar-Couplers, of which the following.

is a specification.

Our lnvention relates to car-couplers; and

the object of our improvement is to provide an apparatus by whichrailroad-cars may be coupled and uncoupled without going between thecars. We attain this object in the apparatus illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is an isometric view of one endof a car with our improved coupling and uncoupling apparatus attached.Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a car with our improved coupling anduncoupling apparatus attached, showing modified forms of some of theparts.

Our device is intended to be used with the ordinary draw-bar,coupling-pin, and elliptical coupling-link.

A is the body of the car.

B is the drawbar.

O is the coupling-link.

D is the coupling-pin.

I I I I are standards secured to the end of the car and extendingtherefrom.

G is a rod extending horizontally across the end of the car and restingin hearings in the ends of the standards I I I I. Said standards shouldbe of such a length that the rod G shall be held a foot or a foot and ahalf from the car. J is anarm extending from the center of the rod G.

H H are handles at the ends of the rod G, by which said rod may beturned in its bearings.

E is a rod extending from near the drawbar B to the top of the car,provided at its top with the handle F, and having between its ends thehorizontal portion S. The rod E passes through an aperture in a standardI, secured at the top of the car, in which aperture it is adapted toslide in the direction of its length.

Qis a hook secured to the end of the car above the horizontal portion Sof the rod E.

O is a link pivoted at one end to the coupling-pin D, and at the otherend to the arm J and rod E.

K is a standard secured to the end of the car a short distance from thebottom, and at one side of the center.

L is a lever pivoted in bearings in the end of the standard K, so as toturn in a plane at right angles to the end of the car. Said lever isprovided at its upper end with a crank N, which usually stands in anapproximately vertical position. The horizontal portion of'the crank Nextends under the arm J. The lower end of the leverL is bent at M toextend horizontally under the link 0. The lever L may have the formshown in Fig. 2, in which case there would be two bearings K and K. Thelower horizontal portion of the lever L is provided with lugs a a Ct,which prevent the lateral displacement of the coupling-link when saidlink is resting upon said portion of said lever.

R is a stud extending from the standard K and adapted to limit themotion of the crank N.

The operation of the above-described device is as follows: When it isdesired to couple two cars, the rod G is turned by turning the handle H,which is at the right of the figures, in a negative direction. The armJis forced down upon the horizontal portion of the crank N, thus turningthe lever L in its bearing and raising the link 0, by means of theportion. of said lever which extends under said link, until thecoupling-link O is in position to enter the cavity of the oppositedraw-bar. To uncouple the cars the rod G is turned as before, but in apositive direction, the arm J rising and drawing the couplingpin D outof engagement with the link 0 by means of the link 0. The coupling-pin Dmay be withdrawn by an operator at the top of the car by drawing the rodE upward by means of the handle F. WVhen the rod E is drawn upward untilits horizontal portion is under the upper portion of the hook Q, thelower end of said rod is carried by the arm J out from the car until astraight line from the upper to the lower end of said rod passes outsideof said hook. When the rod E is drawn up, itshorizontal portion isforced against the inside of the hook Q by the elasticity of said rod,and is held in its elevated position by its friction against said roduntil forced down by the operator or the jar of the colliding cars.

Having fully described our invention, What we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the pivoted rod G, provided with an arm J, andmeans for turning said rod, the lever L, having its lower end adapted toengage With the coupling-link C, said lever being provided With thecrank N, adapted to be turned by the arm J, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination of the pivoted arm J the coupling-pin secured by alink to said arm, the rod E, secured at its lower end to the arm J, andreciprocating in an aperture formed in the standard P at the top of the20 adapted to hold said rod in an elevated posi- 2 5 tion, substantiallyas shown and described.

EBENEZER S. BACON. ALBERT F. SELLERS.

Witnesses:

ELLIOTT J. STODDARD, CLARENCE OoNELY.

